Avorcor's SOA Helps VIP Auto Meet Changing Market Demands in Auto Parts After-market (Auto parts)

Avorcor's SOA Helps VIP Auto Meet Changing Market Demands in Auto Parts After-market
STERLING, Va.--Avorcor's Service-Oriented Architecture for Supply-Chain and Logistics (SOA4SCL) has been instrumental in helping VIP Auto, Inc., an auto parts, tires and service retailer with 53 stores headquartered in Lewiston, Maine, respond strategically to the changing auto parts and tire marketplace while using an incremental, iterative approach.

Auto suppliers form base for area economy
There's a reason why all the towns along Interstate 85 started scrambling after automotive suppliers when Kia announced it would put a plant in west Georgia: They generate money.

AutoZone Exec VP of Operations Departs
Auto parts retailer AutoZone Inc. said Wednesday Brad Bacon, executive vice president of retail/commercial operations, resigned effective Jan. 30.

Mr. and Mrs. Late Model Jason and Kristin Flory will race against each other in 2007
CRESTON -- Some call them "Mr. & Mrs. Late Model" but for the popular north central Ohio dirt Late Model racing team of Jason and Kristin Flory it's all about the racing and for 2007 that's exactly what the duo will be doing.

TSA chief hits plan to check cargo
Requiring inspection of all cargo on passenger planes could potentially make them more vulnerable to terrorist attack while also hindering commerce, the nation's aviation security chief said Wednesday.

Suppliers losing contracts to rivals
Bankruptcy is not the worst thing troubled automotive suppliers have to contend with. Even as these distressed suppliers work to restructure, they also must deal with a growing trend: automakers stripping away contracts and giving them to healthier suppliers.